Russian newspaper: How is aid to Ukraine destroying the United States?

It seems that the amount of financial and military aid allocated by the Biden administration to help Ukraine irritated a number of political parties and influential parties in the United States.

Commenting on the topic, the Russian newspaper "Vzglyad" published a report in which the Russian expert Gevorg Mirzayan spoke about the position of the American "Heritage" Foundation, which is the most prominent conservative think-tank from which the Republican Party derives its ideas, regarding the conflict in Ukraine.

Mirzayan says that the position of the Heritage Foundation refusing to allocate aid to Ukraine, let alone the United States' direct participation in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, refutes the allegations of Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader in the US Senate, who said that a small minority within the Republican Party opposes Washington's policy towards The Russian-Ukrainian crisis.

He pointed out that the leadership of the Heritage Foundation at the same time opposes the Russian war on Ukraine and is ready to support the Ukrainian people, provided that this is not at the expense of the US economy.

Aid is bad for the country's economy

The newspaper report quoted Jessica Anderson, a member of the American Heritage Foundation, as saying that "the United States is currently struggling to bring down record inflation, reduce the size of debt and find alternative sources of Russian energy imports. Under these circumstances, left-wing Democrats in The United States has decided to allocate a package of nearly $40 billion in aid to Ukraine, ignoring the country's priorities.

Anderson stated that the Democratic Party puts them in front of two options: either helping the Ukrainian people or finding solutions to the global challenges facing the United States, knowing that the budget allocated to protect the southern borders of the United States from the infiltration of illegal immigrants and other threats for the 2022 fiscal year is estimated at about $23 billion, or half The amount of aid allocated to Ukraine, according to the newspaper.

According to the New York Times, the Heritage Foundation's position explains why 57 House Republicans voted against the US aid package to Ukraine, which is clear evidence of the party's opposition to the Biden administration's policy on boosting support for Ukraine to fend off the Russian invasion.

This stance also reveals the growing power of the Republican Party's "America First" doctrine, and how this slogan has affected the party's leadership.

The Fezgliad report quoted Republican Senator Josh Hawley as saying that "the approval of a package of aid will make Ukraine a country that depends primarily on the United States, and thus return to building nation states... and the United States does not need to build nation states, but rather to be patriots." .

"America first"

The newspaper's report indicated that supporters of the principle of "America First" support the idea of ​​not isolating the United States from the rest of the world, and they also see the need for Washington to stop spending billions of dollars to fund adventures that do not serve America's interests.

Both parties, the Democratic and the Republican, have previously been involved in fruitless political adventures. During the presidency of George W. Bush, the Republican Party tried to change the regimes of some countries and rebuild them according to American interests, but these attempts failed.

According to the report, Senator Josh Hawley believes that the foreign policy pursued by former US President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) led to an increase in the size of the US debt, undermining sovereignty and destroying the industrial basis of the economy.

But it appears that the Republican Party's electoral rules are different from Hawley, where a recent poll indicates that 77% of voters support sending weapons to Ukraine.

Fzgliad says that the American people are not against providing arms to Ukraine, but rather to doing so at the expense of their own interests.

It also indicates that the percentage of Republicans who believe that the United States is exaggerating its support for Ukraine has increased since the end of April, and this increase is likely to continue with the recession in the American economy.

The newspaper report cited a comment by Republican Senator Rand Paul, who said, "Despite our sympathy with Ukraine, which is desperate to defend itself against the invasion of Vladimir Putin, we cannot fight another war that will lead the country to bankruptcy, at a time when the US national debt has reached 120% of the size of the gross domestic product." Inflation has reached its highest level since the 1980s, and supply chains have been disrupted. Based on these data, it is better for us to find a solution to the economic problems before helping other countries."

The Russian newspaper speculates that the slogan "America First" will be the main slogan that the Republicans will raise during the congressional elections scheduled for this year, as well as during the presidential elections of 2024.

The report indicated that many political voices oppose the current policy pursued by the Biden administration regarding the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has warned of the danger of the conflict turning into a Russian-American global war, while Josh Hawley insists on focusing on confronting the current enemy, i.e. reducing China's growing influence.

The report of the Russian newspaper concluded that Washington should stop interfering in the conflict in Ukraine in order to avoid a social explosion in the United States.